Abstract: Many buildings have capabilities to admit only minimal quantities of fresh air to the air-conditioning supply ducts. There are climates that have temperature and humidity ranges for months of the year during which up to ...

Abstract: Upgrading of elevators is carried out in the interests of maintaining building quality and attaining market rental income. Difficulties experienced in the upgrading of elevator systems indicate a need for development of ...

Abstract: Earthquakes in 1999 and 2000 in Taiwan, Pakistan, and Turkey draw attention to the possibility of an earthquake occurring in a center of population in many diverse locations. In 1992, there was a serious earthquake in ...

Abstract: This paper investigates the significance of the different types of design documents’ deficiencies (DDDs) by both contractors and consultants involved in large construction projects. Sixteen different types of DDDs were ...

Abstract: During the last two decades, various exterior wall systems have been applied to buildings in Saudi Arabia. The evaluation and selection of most of the exterior wall systems were based on the designer's experience, with no ...

Abstract: Sustainability of the building investment depends upon the technological capability of buildings to facilitate their upgrading of systems, to meet changing expectations of building users, and adequacy of financial return ...

Abstract: Noise control is required to provide an indoor environment free from the stress of unwanted noise and to provide a measure of speech privacy. There is a need for the development of guidelines to be used by building designers ...

Abstract: The majority of operation and maintenance challenges in building projects are attributed to the decisions made during the design phase. The timely involvement of the maintenance team in the design development and review ...

Abstract: This paper presents the development of a generic framework for asset maintenance management. The framework has been presented in the form of an